...Robertson, 124 US 194, 8 Sup. Ct. 456, 31 L. Ed. 386. [2] The Conscription or Selective Draft Law, being the act "to authorize the President to increase temporarily...of the United States," approved May 18, 1917, "in view of the existing emergency, which demands the raising of troops in addition to those now available,"...

...of the provisions of the Act of May 18, 1917 (Public No. 12, 65th Congress, c. 15. — — Stat. ), entitled "An act to authorize the President to increase...the military establishment of the United States." The law, as its opening sentence declares, was intended to supply temporarily the increased military...

...Registration regulations, No. 3. Prescribed by the President under authority of the Act of Congress to authorize the President to increase temporarily...establishment of the United States. Approved May 18, 1917, as amended. Wash., 1918. 31p, 6x9. *6800.0319mr The Securities Department wishes to bring to the attention...

...the title of the bill, "All persons selected as soldiers in the Army of the United States under the act entitled 'An act to authorize the President to...establishment of the United States,' " approved May 18, 1917. Mr. VOLSTEAD. Would it not be better to use general language? We may, in five or six weeks, have additional...

...guard reserve, recognized by the militia bureau 'of the war department; all forces raised under the act entitled "An act to authorize the president to...establishment of the United States," approved May 18, 1917; all officers and enlisted men of the navy, the marine corps, and the coast guard; all officers and...

...not exceeding two years, or both, in the discretion of the court. SEC. 3. That section eight of the act entitled "An act to authorize the President to...Establishment of the United States," approved May eighteenth, nineteen hundred and seventeen, shall be held and construed to authorize the President,...

...4. That the service of all persons selected by draft and all enlistments under the provisions of the Act entitled "An Act to authorize the President to...Establishment of the United States," approved May eighteenth, nineteen hundred and seventeen, shall be for the period of the war, unless sooner terminated...

...4. That the service of all persons selected by draft and all enlistments under the provisions of the Act entitled "An Act to authorize the President to...Establishment of the United States," approved May eighteenth, nineteen hundred and seventeen, shall be for the period of the war, unless sooner terminated...

...or performed any service in connection with the national draft in pursuance of the act of congress entitled "An act to authorize the president to increase...establishment of the United States," approved May eighteenth, nineteen hundred and seventeen, or any act supplemental thereto or amendatory thereof,...

...this Act and until the determination of the National emergency as set forth in the Act of Congress entitled "An Act to authorize the President to increase...military establishment of the United States," approved by President May 18, 1917, the pay of enlisted men of the National Guard and Naval Militia while in...